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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Chiang Mai or Hobart?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Chiang Mai’s own page.

Choose Hobart for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Chiang Mai 6, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Hobart 60: Chiang Mai leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Hobart 56: Chiang Mai leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Hobart 30: Chiang Mai leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Hobart 38: Chiang Mai leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Hobart 35: Chiang Mai leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Hobart 40: Chiang Mai leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Hobart.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiHobart
Official languageThaiEnglish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199000
Elevation310 m54 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiHobart
City population1,198,000197,451
People per km²2,958116
Museums within 10 km68
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.